Julia Wiessmann MA

Contact information University Heidelberg  Institute of Political Science Bergheimer Straße 58 69115 Heidelberg Mail: julia.wiessmann@ipw.uni-heidelberg.de  Telefon: +49-6221-54-284 Room: 03-010 Online office: heiCONF Office hour: by appointment

Vita

Julia Wießmann is a PhD candidate and associate lecturer at the Institute of Political Science at the chair of Prof. Dr. Croissant since April 2022.

Her research interests extend into the topics of comparative politics, social movement studies, and (qualitative) conflict studies. Her regional focus is on Southeastern Europe, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. 

Julia Wießmann studied political science, sociology, philosophy, and business and economics at the Universities of Würzburg, Heidelberg, and Prague. She graduated with a Master of Arts degree in March 2022. During her studies she was involved in various interdisciplinary research projects. A detailed curriculum vitae can be found here.

Academic career

• 05/2023 to date PhD candidate at the Institute of Political Science, Chair of Prof. Dr. Croissant at the University Heidelberg
• 04/2022 to date research fellow at the Institute of Political Science, Chair of Prof. Dr. Croissant at the University Heidelberg
• 04/2019 - 03/2022 Master studies in Political Science and Sociology at the University Heidelberg
• 04/2014 - 03/2019 Bachelor studies in Political and Social Studies, Philosophy and Economics at the Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg

Publications

Julia Wießmann (2020): „Surveillance and the COVID-19 Pandemic“. https://www.coronanet-project.org/data/reports/finished/20201106_Surveillance.html
Julia Wießmann (2021). „Massacre in Myanmar’s Rakhine State: Consequences of the Terrorism of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army?“. Wissenschaft & Sicherheit Online 2/2021. https://www.sicherheitspolitik.de/aktuelles/detailansicht/wisi-online-2-2021-massacre-in-myanmars-rakhine-state
Julia Wießmann (2023). The two logics of autocratic rule, by Johannes Gerschewski, Cambridge, Cam-bridge University Press, 2023, 297 pp., £85.00 (hardcover), ISBN 9781009199414, Democratization. https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2023.2242790
Julia Wießmann (2024). From unarmed to armed resistance: The anti-coup in Myanmar. Contemporary Politics, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569775.2024.2314333